About Us

Our History

Geocarto International Centre (GIC), established in 1985 in Hong Kong, is the predecessor of Geocarto International Centre Ltd. incorporated in September 2011. The centre is the only organization in Asia that performs an integrated function in promoting Remote Sensing technologies. Its quarterly journal, Geocarto International, has publicized several commercial earth observation satellites by publishing special issues, such as SPOT (Vol. 1, No. 3, 1986), Landsat TM (Vol. 5, No. 1, 1990), RADARSAT (Vol. 10, No. 3, 1995), and ADEOS (Vol. 12, No. 4, 1997). Geocarto International was published by GIC for 20 years from 1986 to 2006. Effective from January 1st, 2007, this journal is published and distributed by Taylor and Francis in the UK.

Our Mission

Geocarto International Centre aims at promoting multi-disciplinary research in and applications of Remote Sensing, GIS, Geoscience, and Cartography through:

publication of scientific and professional periodicals, books and maps

distribution services for publishers of these subjects

organization of exhibitions on Remote Sensing/GIS

marketing of satellite data and image processing software for research projects and practical applications

provision of technical advice and image processing services to customers in the application of Remote Sensing technologies.

Learning About Remote Sensing

Do you know what can remote sensing be used for? Check out our newly-created interactive remote sensing tools to learn some basic remote sensing concepts!

Tree Health Monitoring

See how we monitor tree stress from space using WorldView-2 or WorldView-3 high resolution satellite data. We detect 3 warning signs revealed by stressed trees before collapse caused by biotic and abiotic factors.